Hair-ends waver



9 1929- A. GOODMAN ETAL 7 3 ,301

' HAIR ENDS WAVER Filed April 26. 1928 7 14 IN VEN TOR ATT0RNE?\ Patented Dec. 10 1929 U E STATES PATENT OFFICE ABRAHAM eoonman, on NEW YORK, AND moon eooniuAN, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK HAIR-ENDS WAVER Application filed April 26, 1928. Serial No. 272,890.

This invention relates to an ends waver.

Among the principal objects which the invention has in View are: To provide a tool for curling the, ends of hair; to provide means for maintaining the tool on the hair when applied thereto for any desired length of time; to simplify and improve the construction.

improved hair Other objects, desirable features and advantages of the invention will appear as the description proceeds.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is'a side elevational, view of a hair ends waver constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing alternative positions of the parts in dotted lines;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the hair waver with the parts in the positionass'umed when the hair waver isappliedtothe hair;

Figure 3 is an end view of the hair waver looking from the left as in Figure 2;

Figure '4 is'a cross-sectional view taken as on the line it- 1 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken as on theline 5-f5 of Figure 2. j

Referring now more particularly to the drawings which show by way of illustration and example the preferred embodiment of the invention and to the details of which the invention is not to be considered confined, the waver comprises a rod element 10 with which is .associated another element 11, the elements 10 and 11 being pivoted together as at 12. The

elements are preferably constructed of sheet metal fashioned into the shapes desired.- The material which is'most desirable for the purpose is aluminum, because of its weight and cheapness. The element 11 has a semi-circular cross-section as shown in Figure 4 so'as to. closely embrace the side t the rodlike element '10 against which it is normally disposed for a major portion of its length. The elements 10 and 11 also have off-set portions or lugs 13 and 14 for the pivot. From Figure 1 it will be. seen that the pivot is located begrip portion and cooperates with the finger grip ends and with the elements 10 and 11 in such a way onthe hair.

The pivot is provided by inturned ends 19of a loop of wire 18 which has sides ex tending lengthwise of the elements 10 and 11 and at spaced distances therefrom and an end portion 20 which as'indicated in- Figure 3 is adapted to .snap into the groove 21 on the end of the rod element 10 and to be resiliently and detachably locked in said groove. The side portions of the wire are preferably bowed outwardly to some extent as shown in Figure 2.

In operation, the finger grip portions-l5 of the elements 10 and 11 are squeezed together against action of the spring 17 so that the hair gripping portions of the elements separate as indicated in dotted lines in Figurel. The ends of the hair are then arranged uniformly over the rod like element portions urged together by the action of ,spring to tightly and "uniformly engage the hair therebetween, the hair being caused to assume a wave when'forced around the rod element by the cooperating element 11. Dur-. ing this initial positioning of the hair, the wire element or loop 18 is swung so as to assume a position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings on the same side as the finger grip portion of the waver and not to interfere while placing the hair in the waver. This loop in this position constitutes -a handle with which the tool is rotated, and

to this end is preferably held in the palm of the hand While the fingers engage the finas to urge the elements together ger grip portions 15 of the tool to open up the waver for the insertion of the hair. After the ends of the hair have been gripped betweenthe elements and 11, the hair is wound upon said elements using the loop 18 for this purpose, and after a sufficient amount of hair hasbeen wound thereon, the loop 18 is swung back and over the tool and hair until the end portion 20 thereof comes into resilient locking engagement with the groove 21 and is locked in position. The hair upon the waver is now disposed around the elements-10 and 11, with its ends gripped between said elements and the hair clamped snugly on the periphery thereof between the side portions of the wire loop and said periphery.

The hair is thus retained curled around the tool by the loop of wire 18 and may remain for sufficient time to impart a lasting wave or curl to the ends of the hair. In removing the hair waver from the hair, it is only necessary to swing back the wire loop 18 Q thereby releasing the hair curled around the waver, and to open the waver and withdraw it from the hair.

Claims: 1. A hair waver of the class described, Comprising two cooperating elements, a loop of wire between which said elements are dis posed for the major portion of their length,

I said loop of wire having inturned ends forming a pivot for said elements, and sides extending lengthwise and spaced from said elements, and an end adapted to resiliently and detachably interlock with the end of one of said elements, said loop ofwire being in a plane which substantially intersects the axis of the element with whlch it interlocks, in their locked position.

2. A hair waver of the class described,

' comprising two cooperating elements, a loop of wire between which said elements are disposed forthe ma'or portion oftheir length, said loop of wire aving inturned ends forming a pivot for said elements, and sides extending lengthwise and spaced from said elements, and an end adapted to resiliently and detachably interlock with the end of one of said elements, and resilient means acting to urge said elements together on the hair winding side of the pivot, said loop of wire being in a plane which substantially intersects the axis of the element'with which it interlocks, in their locked position.

3. A- hair waver of the class described comprisin two cooperative pivoted elements between w ich the ends of the hair are adapted'to be clamped and on which the hair is adapted to be wound, one of said elements having a substantially circular cross section tions of its length in the closed position of said elements, a loop of wire between which 1 throughout the major portion of its length I and the other of said elements having a curved cross section so as to closely embrace the first element throughout the major por- 

